Gaseous-condiment generator



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vnnnlliluppuiirfinurnbnunul(I'lllllllllllllllIllllll'llllllllllllll!IIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIII- UnitedStates Patent 3,139,623 GASEOUS-CGNDIMEN'I GENERATGR Herbert G. Irwin,Box G, Nobie, La. Filed June 4, 1962, Ser. No. 199,792 3 Claims. (Cl.99-260) This invention relates to a gaseous'condiment genera tor, andcontemplates a gaseous-condiment generator including a brasier in abrasier casing on a food cover, whereby food can be covered with thefood cover and given a pleasant flavor with gaseous condiment generatedby burning and/ or vaporizing suitable gaseous condiment generatingmaterial in the brasier.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will appear throughoutthe following specification and claims.

This application constitutes a continuation in part of my pendingapplication Serial No. 34,801 filed June 8, 1960, relating toGaseous-Condiment Generator.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification.

FIGURE 1 is an elevational view of a gaseous-condiment generatorconstructed in accordance with the present invention and including abrasier in a covered removable brasier casing on a food cover. The foodcover is set up on a frying pan which will hold food under the foodcover, and a brasier-fire blower has an air jet in an air jet inlet holethrough the brasier casing cover.

FIGURE 2 is a top view of the form of food cover and brasier casingcover shown in FIGURE 1. The food cover as shown is supported on thefrying pan. The brasier casing cover as shown is supported on thebrasier casing seated on the food cover, but the brasier-fire blower airjet is removed from the air jet inlet hole through the brasier casingcover.

FIGURE 3 is an upper end view of the form of brasier casing shown on thefood cover in FIGURE 1. The brasier casing as shown is removed from thefood cover, and the brasier casing cover is removed from the brasiercasing to afford an upper end view of the brasier in the brasier casing.

FIGURE 4 is a lower end view of the form of brasier casing and brasiershown in FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 5 is a view similar to FIGURE 3, but the brasier is removed fromthe brasier casing to afford a better view of the brasier supports inthe brasier casing.

FIGURE 6 is an edge View of one of the detachable brasier supports shownin the brasier casing in FIGURES 3, 4 and 5. The brasier support asshown is detached from the brasier casing.

FIGURE 7 is an upper end view of the detached brasier support shown inFIGURE 6.

FIGURE 8 is a side View of the detached brasier support shown in FIGURES6 and 7.

FIGURE 9 is an under face view of the removable brasier casing covershown on the brasier casing in FIG- URES 1 and 2. The cover as shown isremoved from the brasier casing.

FIGURE 10 is an elevational view of the form of brasier shown in thebrasier casing in FIGURES 3 and 4. The brasier as shown is removed fromthe brasier casing.

FIGURE 11 is an air jet end view of the form of brasier-fire blowershown in FIGURE 1. The brasier-fire blower air jet as shown is removedfrom the air jet inlet hole through the brasier casing cover.

FIGURE 12 is a top view of the form of food cover shown in FIGURES 1 and2. The food cover as shown is supported on the frying pan, but thebrasier casing is removed from the food cover to aiford a view of thebrasier casing seat around the vapor passageway through 3,139,023Patented June 30, 1964 cover shown in FIGURES l, 2 and 12. The foodcover as shown is removed from the frying pan.

FIGURE 14 is an elevational View of a vapor-passageway plug.

FIGURE 15 is a lower end view of the form of plug shown in FIGURE 14.

FIGURE 16 is an upper end view of the form of plug shown in FIGURES 14and 15.

FIGURE 17 is a sectional view taken on line 1717 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 18 is a view similar to FIGURE 3, but in the brasier lying on thebottom of the brasier a vaporizer tube is shown.

FIGURE 19 is a cap-end view of the vaporizer tube. The tube as shown isremoved from the brasier.

FIGURE 20 is a longitudinal sectional view of the vaporizer tube.

FIGURE 21 is an under face view of a food cover vent ring which can beplaced on the rim of the frying pan.

FIGURE 22 is an edge view of the form of vent ring.

shown in FIGURE 21. A portion of the ring is cut away to afiiord an edgeview of one of the spacer points.

FIGURE 23 is an upper face view of the form of vent ring shown inFIGURES 21 and 22. The vent ring as shown is placed on the rim of thefrying pan.

FIGURE 24 is an elevational view of a gaseous-condiment generatorconstructed in accordance with the present invention and includingmodification of a removable brasier casing having a bottom at the lowerend seated on a food cover. The food cover as shown is set in a foodholder having a removable perforated bottom, and the food holder is setin a food-holder support.

FIGURE 25 is a top view of the form of food cover and brasier casingcover shown in FIGURE 24. The food cover as shown is supported in thefood holder which latter is supported in the food-ho1der support. Thebrasier casing cover as shown is supported on the brasier casing seatedon the food cover, but the brasier-fire blower air jet is removed fromthe air jet inlet hole through the brasier casing cover.

FIGURE 26 is an upper end view of the form of brasierfire blower shownin FIGURE 24. The brasier-fire blow er as shown is removed from over thebrasier casing cover.

FIGURE 27 is an air jet end view of the form of brasierfire blower shownin FIGURES 24 and 26. The brasierfire blower air jet as shown is removedfrom the air jet inlet hole through the brasier casing cover.

FIGURE 28 is a top view of the form of food cover shown in FIGURES 24and 25. The brasier casing is holder as shown is supported in thefood-holder support.

FIGURE 30 is an elevational view of the form of food cover shown inFIGURES 24, 25 and 28. The food cover. as shown is removed from the foodholder, and a portion of the handle is broken oif.

FIGURE 31 is an upper end view of the form of brasier casing shown onthe food cover in FIGURES 24 and 34. The brasier casing as shown isremoved from the food cover, and the brasier casing cover is removedfrom the brasier casing to afford an upper end View of the brasier inthe brasier casing.

FIGURE 32 is a view similar to FIGURE 31, but the brasier is removedfrom the brasier casing.

FIGURE 33 is a lower end view of the form of brasier casing shown inFIGURES 24, 31, 32 and 34. The brasier casing as shown is removed fromthe food cover,

C4 and the brasier casing cover is removed from the brasier casing.

FIGURE 34 is a sectional view taken on broken line 34-34 of FIGURE 24.

support side of the brasier is shown.

FIGURE 37 is a lower end view of the form of brasier shown in FIGURES31, 34, and 36. The brasier as shown is removed from the brasier casing.

FIGURE 38 is an elevational view of a gaseous-condiment generatorconstructed in accordance with the present invention and includingfurther modification of a brasier casing ri id with a food cover. Thefood cover as shown is set up on a flat food plate which will hold foodunder the food cover.

FIGURE 39 is a top view of the form of food cover and brasier casingcover shown in FIGURE 38. The food cover as shown is supported on thefood plate. The brasier casing cover as shown is supported on thebrasier casing,'but the brasier-fire blower air jet is removed from theair jet inlet hole through the brasier casing cover.

FIGURE 40 is an air jet end view of the form of brasier-fire blowershown in FIGURE 38. The brasierfire blower air jet as shown is removedfrom the air jet inlet hole through the brasier casing cover.

FIGURE 41 is an upper end view of the form of brasier casing rigid withthe food cover shown in FIGURES 38 and 39. The brasier casing cover isremoved from the brasier casing to afl ord an upper end View of thebrasier in the brasier casing. V

FIGURE 42 is a view similar to FIGURE 41, but the brasier is removedfrom the brasier casing to show the vapor passageway through the foodcover FIGURE 43 is an under face View of the form of brasier casingcover shown on the brasier casing in FIGURES .38, 39 and 44. The brasiercasing cover as shown is removed trorn the brasier casing.

FIGURE 44 is a sectional view taken on broken line 44- 24 of FIGURE 38.

FIGURE 45 is a sectional View of the brasier-fire blower airjetand'the'larger section of the blower fan case taken on broken line45-45 of FIGURE 40.

FIGURE 46 is an elevational view, partly cut away, of a funnel fortunneling gaseous-condiment generating ma- 7 terial into the brasier.

Upon reference to FIGURES l, 2, 12, 13 and 170i the drawing it will benoted that 56 indicates a food cover.

The food cover has a through vapor passageway 57 shown in FIGURES 12and13, a brasier casing seat 580m the food cover around the vaporpassageway through the food cover, which brasier casing seat is theupper surface of V the food cover around the passageway 57 outward tothe broken circle line 59 shown in FIGURE 12, an under anfnular seat 60shown in FIGURE 13, spaced apart knobs 6 2 and 62 which can be grippedwith the fingers of the hands in placin'g the food cover on the fryingpan 50 shown in FIGURES 1 and 17, and an under guide rim 61 to aidin'locating the food cover seat 6% on the frying pan rim 51. 7 u 7 7 Onthe food' cover shown in FIGURES l and 2 is a removable brasier casing65, and the brasier casing reand 5. The brasier casing has a handleprovided with a grip 71, a lower end 66 with a rim 67, an upper end 68with a rim 69, inside brasier supports and 75, and as the brasier casingis shown in FIGURESI and 17 the a removable brasier 83 supported andspaced in the brasier casing on the brasier supports 75 and 75, and thebrasier removed from the brasier casing is shown in FIG- URE 10. Thebrasier has a lower end 85 with a bottom 86 shown in FIGURE 4, an upperend 37 with a rim 88 shown in FIGURE 3, and a mouth 89 to receivegaseouscondiment generating material including air into the brasier andto emit gaseous-condiment to flow under the food cover.

Brasier supports 75 and 75 are attached spaced apart to the inside ofthe brasier casing with attachment bolts 818181 and handle bolts 7272,and one of the brasier supports removed from the brasier casing is shownin FIGURES 6, 7 and 8. Each brasier support has a back 76 with throughattachment-bolt holes 7'77777, side portions 723 and '73 each of whichside portions has an edge 79 to contact the wall 84 of the brasier and aprojection 84 at the lower end to extend under the brasier bottom 86 asshown in FIGURE 4.

On the upper end of the brasier casing shown in FIG- URE l is aremovable brasier casing cover 1 also shown in FIGURES 2 and 17, and thebrasier casing cover removed from the brasier casing is shown in FIGURE9. The brasier casing cover has a tubular handle provided with a grip96, a through air jet inlet hole 97 which is flared at the outer end 97ato receive the brasier-fire blower air jet 199, an under face 92 whichfits closely on I moved from the food cover is shown in FIGURES 3, 4

brasier casing lower end is seated on the brasier casing seat 58; Thebrasier casing lower end fits the brasier.

casing seat'ciosely all the way'around.

-In. the brasier casing shown in FIGURES 1, 3 and 4 is .in FIGURE 1 withone hand the upper end or" the brasier casing, and a downturned edgeportion 94 to aid in locating the cover on the upper end of the brasiercasing. Brasier casing cover 91 has an upper face 93 shown in FIGURE 2,and when the brasier casing cover is placed on the upper end of thebrasier casing as shown in FIGURES l and 17 the brasier casing coverupper face 93 and air jet inlet hole 97-9711 are over the bottom 36 ofbrasier 83.

Out of the brasier 83 to the vapor passageway 57 through the food coveris a vapor passageway 1M shown in FIGURE 17. The two series of arrows182 and 102 in the passageway 1R1 indicate/the way vapor, gas or air,flows in the passageway 1531 to and through the passageway 57. V

Brasier-fire blower 1M shown in FIGURES l, 11 and 17 includes anair-pump cylinder 105 having within the cylinder an'air-pump piston I13,and an air jet 109. The air-pump cylinder has a bottom 103 from whichthe air jet 109 projects, a cylinder cap 111 through which a piston rod117 extends from the piston 113 to a hand grip 118 on the outer end ofthe piston rod, a handle N16 with a grip'107 shown in FIGURES 1 and 11.The air-pump piston has a downturned cup member 114 made of suitableflexible material, air passageways 115-1115 through the piston, and aflexible disk valve 116 at the lower ends of the'air passageways throughthe piston. Shown in FIGURE 1, the brasier-fire blower extends over theup- ,per face 93 of the brasier casing cover 91, and the brasierfireblower has the downturned air jet 109 in the air jet inlet hole 97a97through the brasier casing cover shown in FIGURE 17. a

Brasier -fire blower 104 can be held in the position shown 7 gripped onthe handle grip 107 while the other hand has hold of the piston rod grip118 to pump air through the air jet orifice into the brasier by movingthe pump piston 113 up and down in the cylinder 195. By pumping thebrasier-fire blower, enough air can be blown into the brasier 83 to'keepa fire of live a fire made with any kind of wood suitable forburning tosmoke meat for food. A mesh-wire strainer can be used to hold'the livecoals as they are gathered from the wood fire, and upon removing. thebrasier casing cover 91 and placing a suitable funnel in the mouth ofthe brasier 83 the I live coals can be poured from the strainer throughthe funnel into the brasier.

The series of arrows 123 shown in FIGURE 17 indicates the way air flowsfrom the brasier-fire blower air jet 109 to the live coals 122 in thebrasier 83, and the two series of arrows 102 and 1112 indicate the wayburningcoals gas flows out of the brasier to the passageway 57 throughthe food cover. The food cover is not made to fit air tight on the rimof the frying pan and air inclosed under the food cover can escapebetween the frying pan rim 51 and the food cover seat 60 asburning-coals gas from the brasier flows by the air feed pressure to andthrough the passageway 57 and under the food cover into the frying panwhere some burning-coals gas flavor will be absorbed on fried food inthe frying pan. A flat tooth pick indicated by broken lines 125 inFIGURE 13 can be placed with the wide end of the tooth pick between thefood cover seat 60 and the frying pan rim 51 to give vent to airinclosed under the food cover as gas or vapor from the brasier flowsunder the food cover, or a pin indicated by broken lines 126 placedbetween the food cover seat and frying pan rim will vent air from underthe food cover as gas or vapor flows through the passageway 57. A ventring 128 shown in FIGURES 21, 22 and shown placed on the rim 51 of thefrying pan shown in FIGURE 23 has an annular series of flat spacerpoints 129, and between the spacer points are notches 131 which willgive vent to a full flow of gas or vapor under the food cover. The ventring spacer points 129 are attached to a wire ring 131 provided with ahandle 132.

With the food cover seat and the frying pan rim parted with a tooth pickor a suitable pin, enough burning-coals gas can be generated and movedunder the food cover to gas-flavor a fried steak in the frying pan underthe food cover by blowing air into the burning coals in the brasier at amoderate rate for about five minutes, and some of a one-ounce charge ofburning coals will be burned to ash and the ash deposited on theremaining coals and the bottom of the brasier. Filled full, the smallbrasier 83 will hold about two ounces by weight of burning coals orignited charcoal, but a half full charge of about one ounce of coalsleaves spatter space to catch particles of ash which the air feed blowsfrom the surface of the top coals. A charge of live coals weighing aboutone and one-half of an ounce put in the small brasier and air-blown at arate somewhat above moderate for about five minutes will generate enoughburning-coals gas to gas-flavor a fried steak under the food cover inthe frying pan, and some fine particles of ash will be included in thegas flow out of the brasier into the frying pan where some of thecarried over fine particles of ash will settle on the steak giving thesteak a pleasant taste'with the burning-coals gas flavor absorbed on thesteak.

Charcoal made from wood suitable for burning to smoke meat for food andreduced to pieces of suitable size can be burned in the brasier. Thecharcoal should be carefully made and carefully handled to avoid anycontamination with machinery lubricating oil or grease, and the charcoalshould be stored in suitable containers to avoid any contamination instorage. In burning charcoal in the small brasier, the brasier can becharged with a split charge of one-half of the charge (about one-half ofan ounce by weight) in new charcoal moistened with water and put in thebrasier first, and the other half of the charge (about one-half of anounce by weight) in ignited left-over charcoal for priming put in thebrasier on top of the moistened charcoal. Blowing air into the ignitedpriming charcoal for about five minutes at a moderate rate will generateenough heat to dry and ignite the new charcoal in the lower half of thecharge, and the vapor and gas generated will move by the pressure of theair feed to flow from the brasier and brasier casing through thepassageway 57 and under the food cover onto food in the frying pan underthe food cover wherethe flavor of burning-charcoal gas will be absorbedon the food.

Wood smoke can be included in the generation of burning-charcoal gas byincluding some suitable dry wood made moist with water or some suitablegreen wood in the first half of a charge of charcoal put in the brasier.Burning-charcoal gas including wood smoke iststrong enough to give rawfood a smoky flavor, and raw food with some shortening can be put in thefrying pan and given a smoky flavor before frying the food. Also, extraflavor in burning-charcoal gas can be obtained by including in the firsthalf of the charge put in the brasier some charcoal treated withsuitable wood smoke or some charcoal treated lightly with suitable woodsmoke tar.

An electric charcoal-fire starter including a pan having in the pan nearthe bottom of the pan an exposed heating element to ignite charcoal putin the pan can be used to ignite charcoal for priming to put in thebrasier. Charcoal can be put in a stainless steel coarse mesh-wirestrainer and placed in contact with a blue flame from a gas or akerosene cook stove burner to ignite the charcoal to put in the brasier.

New charcoal or dry wood to go in the first half of a charge for thebrasier can be put in a mesh-wire strainer and moistened by dipping inclean water.

Usually by the time the priming half of a charge of charcoal has burnedto ash the food in the frying pan under the food cover has receivedsufficient flavor and blowing air into the burning charcoal may bediscontinued, leaving the cover on the brasier casing, and the fire inthe remaining charcoal will smother out. The smothered-out left-overcharcoal can be poured out of the brasier into a suitable strainer tosift out the ash, and the left-over charcoal can be used for primingcharcoal. If desired, when the food has received sufficient flavor froma charge of burning charcoal the burning left-over charcoal can bepoured out of the brasier into a smothering-can having a cover tosmother out the fire, and the left-over charcoal can be saved forpriming charcoal.

Heated-earth flavor can be given fried food in the frying pan under thefood cover from a small ball or a small cake of moist suitable earth putin the brasier and heated with a charge of left-over charcoal ignitedand put in the brasier on the ball or cake of earth and blown with airuntil some of the vegetable, matter in the ball or cake of earth isvaporized. Usually some sandy top soil or some clay subsoil having goodflavoring quality can be found under an upland grass meadow, and theearth can be taken and dried and crushed fine enough to dip with a smallspoon. A measured quantity of divided clay can be put in a shallow dishand moistened with water and formed into a ball or a cake to put in thebrazier, or moist clay can be formed into small lumps to go in thebrasier.

Heated-earth flavor can be given fried food in the frying pan under thefood cover from a charge of moist suitable earth put in the vaporizertube 133 shown in FIG- URES 18, 19 and 20 and the tube heated on thebottom of the brasier with a charge of ignited left-over charcoal put inthe brasier on the tube and blown with air until some of the vegetablematter in the earth in the tube is vaporized. The vapor generated byheating moist earth in the vaporizer tube escapes through the fineperforations in the removable tube cap 134 into the burning-charcoal gasflowing out of the brasier to the food in the frying pan under the foodcover where some heated earth flavor will be absorbed on the food.. Ameasured chargeof sandy earth can be funneled into the vaporizer tubeand moistened with water dropped into the vaporizer tube from a suitablemedicine dropper in charging the,

vaporizer tube to put in the brazier and heated. The vaporizer tube canbe made of stainless steel.

The frying pan 50 has a handle 52 with a grip 53 for placing the fryingpan over an electric cook stove heating element, or a cook stove gas orkerosene burner, or a charcoal fire or a wood fire, to try food in thefrying pan.

Food cover 58 with the passageway 57 closed'can be URES 14, and 16 has alower end portion 138 sized to lit in the passageway 57 through the foodcover, a flange139 to seat on the rim around the passageway 57, an upperring 140 for a handle, and the plug end portion 133 can be inserted inthe passageway 57 in adapting the food cover 56 for covering the fryingpan while frying food in the frying pan.

Food cover 56 can be used to cover food in an electric frying pan havinga rim to fit the seat 66, or the food cover can be made with a seat tofit on the rim of an electric frying pan, and food in an electric fryingpan can be given a pleasant flavor with gaseous-condiment generated inthe brasier in the brasier casing seated on the food cover.

Brasier 83 and supports 75 75, brasier casing 65 and handle 70, brasiercasing cover 91 and handle 95, and frying pan 50, can be made ofsuitable iron, or made of suitable steel or stainless steel. Grips 71,95, 1117 and knobs 62-62 can be made of suitable plastic, or made ofsuitable heat insulating material. The food cover 56 can be made ofsuitable steel or stainless steel. A'food cover for use on a cast-ironskillet can be made of suitable cast iron or made of suitable steel.Food cover 56,

' brasier casing 65 and brasier 83 are made seamless, but

a useful food cover, brasier casing, or brasier, can be made fromsuitable sheet metal and have suitable seam 142 supported in a foodholder 15a, and the food cover removed from the food holder is shown inFIGURE 30. The food cover has a'lower rim 147 shown in FIGURES 30 and34, a handle 148, a through vapor passageway 143 shown in FIGURES 28 and34, a brasier casing seat portion'145 shown in FIGURES 28 and 34.

Food holder 15) has a lower rim 151 with a turnedinward flange 152 shownin FIGURE 34, a removable perforated bottom 153 supported on the flange152, an

upper rim 156, a handle 157,'and the food holder is supported on 'anannular inside ridge 164 in the wall 162 of the'removable food holdersupport 160. The food holder support has a lower rim 161, an upper rim165,

, an annular series of perforations 163 through the wall 162 between theridge 164 and the lower rim 161, and a handle 166. e I

on the food cover shown in FIGURES 24, 25 and 34 is a removable brasiercasing 170, and the brasier casing removed from the food cover is shownin FIGURES 31, '32 and 33. The brasier casing has a tubular handle 177with a'grip'l78, an upper end 171with a rim 172 shown in FIGURES 31 and32, a lower end 173 shown in 1 FIGURE 33, a bottom 174 with a throughvapor pas- "sageway 176 shown in FIGURE 33, and in FIGURES 24, 25 and 34the brasier casing lower end is seated on the brasier casing seat 144with the passageway 176 adjacent to the passageway 143 through the foodcover.

The brasier'casing bottom hasa raised central portion 175 which coversthe raised central-portion 145 of the brasiencasing seat 144 when thebrasier casing lower end 173 is seated ori the brasier casingseat.

1 In the brasier casing shown in FIGURES 24, 25, 31

and 34 is abrasi er 18%), and the brasier removed from the brasiercasing is shown in FIGURES 35, 36 and 37.

The brasier has a lower shown in FIGURE 37, an upper end 184 with a rim185 shown inFIGURE 31, a mouth 1% to receive gaseouscondiment generatingmaterial including air into the brasier and to emit gaseous condiment toflow under the food cover, and the brasier is supported and spaced inthe brasier casing on spaced apart supports 157 and 187 which supportsare attached rigid with the brasier by spot-welding the central portionof each support to the wall 151 of the brasier. The central portion ofone of the brasier supports is indicated by a broken line18 shown inFIGURE 36. A brasier casing cover 91 shown on the upper end of thebrasier casing in FIGURES 24 and 34 has an upper face 93 and a throughair jet inlet hole 9797a over the bottom 183 of brasier 180. The upperface 93 of the brasier casing cover 91 on the brasier casing 17% isshown in FIGURE 25, and the brasier casing cover 5 1 not on a brasiercasing is shown in FIGURE 9( Out of the brasier 1% to the vaporpassageway 1'16 through the brasier casing bottom is a vapor passageway19% shown in FIGURE 34. The two series of arrows 191 and 111 in thepassageway 1% indicate the way vapor, gas or air, flows in thepassageway 1% to and through the passageways 176 and 1 43.

Brasier-fire blower 193 shown in FIGURES 24, 26,27 and 34 includes ahollow squeeze bulb 194, and an air jet 1%. The squeeze bulb has a lowerneck 195 and an upper neck 1%. In the lower squeeze bulb neck is abushing 117 screwthreaded on the upper end 199 of the air jet, and theperforated end 2113 of a handle 202 on the threaded upper end of the airjet is clamped between the lower end of the bushing 197 and an annularshoulder 2% on the air jet. In the upper squeeze bulb neck 196 is an airinlet valve housing 2115 which latter has an air inlet hole 296, a ballvalve seat 207, and a ball valve 208 in the valve housing is blownagainst the valve seat to close the air inlet hole 2116 when the bulb194 is squeezed with the hand to force air out of the bulb through theair jet orifice 291. Shownin FIGURE 24, the brasier-fire blower extendsover the upper face of brasier casing cover 91 on brasier casing 171),and the brasier-fire blowerhas the downturned air jet 198 in the air jetinlet hole 97a-97 through the brasier casing cover shown in FIGURE 34.

Brasier-fire blower 1% can be held in the position shown in FIGURE 24with one hand gripped on handle grip 2134 while the other hand has holdof the squeezebulb to blow air from the air jet 19%; by alternatelysqueezing and releasing the squeeze pressure on the squeezebulb. Bysqueeze-pumping the brasier-fire blower, air can be blown into ignitedgaseous-condiment generating material 210 shown in FIGURE 34 in brasier180. The series of arrows 211 indicate the way air blows from the airjet orifice 201 to the ignited material 210 in the brasier,

and the two series of arrows 191 and 191 indicate the way generatedgaseous condiment flows out of the brasier to and through the vaporpassageways 176 and 143 and under the food cover 142 where some of thegaseous condiment will be absorbed on food supported on the perforatedbottom 153 of the food holder 150. As gaseous condiment flows by the airfeed pressure through the pasthe food-holder bottom perforations 154 andperforations 163 through the wall of the food holder support 160.

A gaseous-condiment generating material which can be ignited andput inthe brasier 186 is charcoal icarefully made from wood suitable forburning to smoke meat for food and reduced to pieces of suitable size tomeasure up a charge for the small brasier. Fried pieces of potato orfried potato chips, popped and buttered pop-corn, or

' pieces of fried food, can be put under food cover 142 on theperforated bottom 153 in food holder 150 and given burning-charcoal gasflavor from suitablecharcoal burned in the brasier. Pieces of raw meat,fowl or fish, pieces of pork fat to go in pork-sausage, or pieces ofbeef fat to go end 132 with a bottom 183 in ground beef, can be put inthe food holder under the food cover and given a smoky flavor fromsuitable wood burned in the brasier. A food holder bottom having smallclosely spaced perforations can be put in the food holder Dry suitableearth in the form of balls, cakes, pieces or extruded short sticks, canbe put in the food holder 150 on the perforated bottom under the foodcover 142 and given a smoky flavor from suitable wood burned in thebrasier 180. The smoked earth can be heated with burning charcoal in thebrasier to flavor cooked food sup ported on the perforated bottom 153under the food cover.

The perforated bottom 153 can be removed from the food holder 158 andthin cotton cloth of suitable size can be stretched under the foodholder for a cloth bottom to support a layer of shortening ladened cornmeal, rice meal, wheat meal or flour under the food cover 142 to receivea smoky flavor from suitable dry wood burned in brasier 180. Ininserting a cloth bottom, the food holder can be removed from thesupport 160 and a bottom cloth can be spread over the upper rim 165 ofthe support, the food holder lower rim 151 can be placed on the spreadbottom cloth and forced down in the support 160 to the annular ridge 164to stretch and secure the bottom cloth in place. There is enough annularspace 167 between the food holder and the support wall 162 to receivethe upturned portion of a bottom cloth stretched under the lower rim ofthe food holder.

Food cover 142, brasier casing 170 and handle 177, brasier 180 andsupports 187187 can be made of suitable steel or stainless steel. Grip178 can be made of suitable plastic or heat insulating material. Air jet198, bushing 197 and handle 282 can be made of suitable metal.Squeeze-bulb 194 can be made of suitable odorless rubber or suitableodorless plastic. Valve housing 205 can be made of suitable plastic ormetal, and ball valve 298 can be made of suitable plastic, glass ormetal. Food holder 158 and bottom 153, and support 160 can be made ofsuitable steel or stainless steel. Handles 148, 157, 166 and grip 284can be made of suitable plastic.

Food cover 142, brasier casing 170 and brasier 180 are made seamless,but a useful food cover, brasier casing, or brasier, can be made fromsuitable sheet metal and have suitable seam construction.

FIGURE 42 shows a brasier casing 220 on a food cover 214 around a vaporpassageway 215 through the food cover, and the brasier casing is rigidwith the food cover. The brasier casing has an upper end 221 with a rim222, a flanged lower end 223 shown in FIGURES 38 and 44, and the flange224 is spot-welded to the food cover around the passageway 215. On theupper end of the brasier casing shown in FIGURE 38 is a removablebrasier casing cover 226 also shown in FIGURE 39, and the brasier casingcover removed from the brasier casing is shown in FIGURE 43. The brasiercasing cover has a handle 231 with a grip 232, a through air jet inlethole 238, an upper face 228, an under face 227 which fits closely on theupper end of the brasier casing, and a downturned edge portion 229 toaid in locating the cover on the upper end of the brasier casing. In thebrasier casing shown in FIGURES 38 and 41 is a removable brasier 188 anda brasier 180 not in a brasier casing is shown in FIGURES 35, 36 and 37.Shown in FIGURE 41, the brasier is supported and spaced in the brasiercasing on supports 187 and 187. As the brasier casing cover is shown inFIGURES 38, 39 and 44, the upper face 228 and the air jet inlet hole 230are over the bottom 183 of brasier 180. Out of the brasier to the vaporpassageway 215 through the food cover is a vapor passageway 235 shown inFIGURE 44. The two series of arrows 236 and 236 in the passageway 235indicate the way vapor, gas or air, flowsin the passageway 235 to andthrough the passageway 215.

Food cover 214 has a lower rim 216 and the food cover is shown inFIGURES 38 and 39 supported on a flat food plate 237 with a sheet ofabsorbent paper 238 between the food cover and the plate. Spaced apartknobs 217 and 217 on the food cover can be gripped with the hands inplacing the food cover on the plate, which plate can be placed on atable or other suitable support.

Brasier-fire blower 240 shown in FIGURES 38, 40 and 44 includes anelectric motor driven rotary fan 250 shown in FIGURE 44, and an air jet246. The fan includes an annular series of spaced apart fan blades 252rigid with the fan disk 251 which latter is rigid with the motor driveshaft 256. The fan is inclosed in a twosection 241249 fan case, and thefan case is rigid with the motor case 254 at the drive shaft end 255.The larger section 241 of the fan case has air inlet holes 243 and 243,a throttle valve 244 for the air inlet holes which are shown in FIGURE45, an upper hand grip 245, and the air jet has an upper end 247screwthreaded into the fan case lower end 242. On the electric motor 253is a hand grip 257, and the electric current conductor cord 259 hassuitable length and is provided with a plug cap 260 for inserting in anear by electric current outlet. Shown in FIGURE 38, the brasier-fireblower extends over the upper face 228 of the brasier casing cover 226,and the brasier-fire blower has the downturned air jet 246 in the airjet inlet hole 230 through the brasier casing cover shown in FIGURE 44.

With cord plug cap 260 inserted in a suitable electric current outlet,brasier-fire blower 240 can be held in the position shown in FIGURE 38with one hand gripped on grip 245 while the other hand has hold of grip257, and electric current can be switched on the motor 253 with switch258 to drive the fan 250 to blow air through the air jet orifice 248into ignited gaseous-condiment generating material 263 shown in FIGURE44 in brasier 180. The series of arrows 264 indicate the way air blowsfrom the air jet 246 to the ignited material 263 in the brasier, and thetwo series of arrows 236 and 236 indicate the Way generated gaseouscondiment flows out of the brasier to and through the vapor passageway215 through the food cover 214. The food cover as shown in FIGURES 38and 39 is vented with a pin 239 inserted between the sheet of paper 238on the plate 237 and the food cover rim 216. Thus vented, air inclosedunder the food cover can escape between the food cover rim and the paperas gaseous condiment flows by air feed pressure through the passageway215 and under the food cover onto cooked food 265 placed on the paperunder the food cover where some of the gaseous condiment will beabsorbed on the cooked food. A gaseous-condiment generating materialwhich can be ignited and put in the brasier is charcoal carefully madefrom wood suitable for burning to smoke meat for food and reduced topieces of suitable size to measure a charge to be ignited to go in thebrasier. Smoky flavor can be given raw meat placed on butcher paperunder the food cover by burning suitable wood in the brasier.

Food cover 214, brasier casing 220 and brasier casing cover 226, and airjet 246 can be made of suitable steel or made of stainless steel. Fan250 can be made of suitable cast iron or suitable steel. Fan casesections 241-249 can be made of suitable cast iron. Throttle 244 can bemade of suitable steel. Grips 245, 257 and knobs 217217 can be made ofsuitable plastic, and grip 232 can be made of suitable plastic orsuitable heat insulating material.

Funnel 268, shown in FIGURE 46, has a small end 269 which can be put inthe mouth of the brasier when the brasiercasing cover is removed, andgaseous-condi ment generating material can be poured through the funnelinto the brasier without taking the brasier out of the brasier casing.The funnel can be made of stainless 1 1 steel or other suitable metal. Auseful funnel can be made of suitable sheet metal and have suitable seamconstruction.

'I claim:

1. In a gaseous-condiment generator, a food cover, a vapor passagewaythrough said food cover, a brasier casing seat on said food cover aroundsaid vapor passageway through said food cover, a removable brasiercasing on said food cover, said brasier casing having a lower end with arim and an upper end with a rim, the lower end of said brasier casingseated on said brasier casing seat, a brasier in said brasier casing,said brasier having a bottom, said brasier supported and spaced in saidbrasier casing, a removable brasier casing cover on the upper end ofsaid brasier casing, said brasier casing cover having an upper face overthe bottom of said brasier, a vapor passageway out of said brasier tosaid vapor passageway through said food cover, an air-jet inlet holethrough said brasier casing cover, said air-jet inlet hole 7 throughsaid brasier casing cover located over the bottom of said brasier, abrasier-fire blower, said brasierfire blower extending over the upperface of said brasier casing cover, and said brasier-fire blower having adownturned air-jet in said air-jet inlet hole through said brasiercasing cover.

2. In a gaseous-condiment generator, a food cover, a' vapor passagewaythrough said food cover, a brasier casing seat on said food cover aroundsaid vapor passageway through said food cover, a removable brasiercasing on said food cover,'said brasier casing having a lower end and anupper end, a rim at the upper end of said brasier casing, a brasiercasing bottom at the lower end of said brasier casing, the lower end ofsaid brasier casing seated on said brasier casing seat, a vaporpassageway through said brasier casing bottom adjacent to said vaporpassageway through said food cover, a brasier in said brasier casing,said brasier having a bottom, said brasier supported and spaced in saidbrasier casing, a removable brasier casing cover on the upper end ofsaid brasier casing, said brasier casing cover having an upper faceover'the bottom of said brasier, a vapor passageway out of said brasierto said vapor passageway through said brasier casing bottom, an air-jetinlet hole through said brasier casing cover, said air-jet inlet holethrough said brasier casing cover located over the bottom of saidbrasier, a brasier-fire blower, said brasier-fire blower extendingoverthe upper face of said brasier casing cover, and said brasier-fireblower having a downturned airjet in said air-jet inlet hole throughsaid brasier casing cover.

3. In a gaseous-condiment generator, a food cover, a vapor passagewaythrough said food cover, a brasier casing 011 said food cover aroundsaid vapor passageway through said food cover, said brasier casing rigidwith said food cover and having an upper end with a rim, a

brasier in said brasier casing, said brasier having a bottom, saidbrasier supported and spaced in said brasier casing, a removable brasiercasing cover on the upper end of said brasier casing, said brasiercasing cover having an upper face over the bottom of said brasier, avapor passageway out of said brasier to said vapor passageway throughsaid food cover, an air-jet inlet hole through said brasier casingcover, said air-jet inlet hole through said brasier casing cover locatedover the bottom of said brasier, a brasier-ire blower, said brasier-fireblower extending over the upper face of said brasier casing cover, andsaid brasier-fire blower having a downturned air-jet in said air-jetinlet hole through saidbrasier casing cover.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS

1. IN A GASEOUS-CONDIMENT GENERATOR, A FOOD COVER, A VAPOR PASSAGEWAYTHROUGH SAID FOOD COVER, A BRASIER CASING SEAT ON SAID FOOD COVER AROUNDSAID VAPOR PASSAGEWAY THROUGH SAID FOOD COVER, A REMOVABLE BRASIERCASING ON SAID FOOD COVER, SAID BRASIER CASING HAVING A LOWER END WITH ARIM AND AN UPPER END WITH A RIM, THE LOWER END OF SAID BRASIER CASINGSEATED ON SAID BRASIER CASING SEAT, A BRASIER IN SAID BRASIER CASING,SAID BRASIER HAVING A BOTTOM, SAID BRASIER SUPPORTED AND SPACED IN SAIDBRASIER CASING, A REMOVABLE BRASIER CASING COVER ON THE UPPER END OFSAID BRASIER CASING, SAID BRASIER CASING COVER HAVING AN UPPER FACE OVERTHE BOTTOM OF SAID BRASIER, A VAPOR PASSAGEWAY OUT OF SAID BRASIER TOSAID VAPOR PASSAGEWAY THROUGH SAID FOOD COVER, AN AIR-JET INLET HOLETHROUGH SAID BRASIER CASING COVER, SAID AIR-JET INLET HOLE THROUGH SAIDBRASIER CASING COVER LOCATED OVER THE BOTTOM OF SAID BRASIER, ABRASIER-FIRE BLOWER, SAID BRASIERFIRE BLOWER EXTENDING OVER THE UPPERFACE OF SAID BRASIER CASING COVER, AND SAID BRASIER-FIRE BLOWER HAVING ADOWNTURNED AIR-JET IN SAID AIR-JET INLET HOLE THROUGH SAID BRASIERCASING COVER.